Homecoming Begins! SpaceX, NASA’s Crew-10 Mission Lifts Off To Bring Sunita Williams And Butch Wilmore Back News24 –

Crew-10 Mission: United States astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will soon return from the space. SpaceX and NASA have launched the much-awaited crewed mission to bring back the astronauts. The lift-off took place at 7:03 ET on Friday, with a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft on the Crew-10 mission. The two astronauts have been stranded for nine months on the International Space Station (ISS)

The Crew-10 mission also launched four crew members to the ISS: NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov to the International Space Station.

NASA informed about the successful launch on their X handle. The space organisation wrote, “Have a great time in space, y’all! #Crew10 lifted off from @NASAKennedy at 7:03pm ET (2303 UTC) on Friday, March 14.”

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Have a great time in space, y’all!
#Crew10 lifted off from @NASAKennedy at 7:03pm ET (2303 UTC) on Friday, March 14. pic.twitter.com/9Vf7VVeGev

— NASA (@NASA) March 14, 2025

About Crew-10 Mission

Crew-10 is the 10th crew rotation mission under SpaceX’s human space transportation system. It is also the 11th flight with a crew aboard to the ISS station through NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, including the Demo-2 test flight.

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been stranded on the ISS for nine months after reaching there in June last year. They were supposed to stay there for about a week.

The Nasa-SpaceX Crew-10 mission launch was delayed earlier after Kennedy Space Center technical staff discovered essential hydraulic system concerns about four hours before Falcon rocket launch was scheduled to begin at night. Launch technicians inspected the hydraulic system that controls rocket supporting arm release seconds before launch time took place during the pre-launch countdown.

Earlier ahead of the launch, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth shared a video message expressing support for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10. In a video posted on X, Hegseth stated, “I just want to take a brief moment to say we are praying for you.” He added, “We wish you Godspeed, and we look forward to welcoming you all home soon.”

“President Trump said to Elon Musk, ‘get the astronauts home and do it now’ – and they’re responding,” Hegseth said. “And they’re bringing NASA astronauts, who also happen to be retired US Navy Captain Butch Wilmore and retired US Navy Captain Sunita Williams, home,” Hegseth added.